Temporary door-retainer and the like.



' a. B. JOHNSON. TEMPORARY DOOR RETAINER AND THE LIKE. I

APPLIOATIOK PILBI JAR. 23, 1906.

.PATBNTED MAR. 20, 1906.

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. TEMPORARY DOOR RETAINER AND'THB LIKE.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1906.

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In Fig. 1 the extension is in the form of a gooseneck, and as the dooris opened the pressure forces the extension 2 around the point 3 as acenter and the point of connection-4 passes below the straight linethrough i the points 3 and 8, and the resiliency of the 16, preferablyof less strength than the T springs 5 5,. also connect the extendingends tube 13. the tube, in which is positioned the pin 15, carried bythe bar 12.

springs then tend to jerk the neck downward and backward out ofengagement with the part 9 or its equivalent, thus aiding in the promptrelease of the parts. In Fig. 3 the extension 2 is a straight bar, asshown. Either form is effective for the purpose described.

In the form shown in Fig. 4 the position of the two members is reversed.As here shown the member 1 is secured to the frame, while the ,member 9is secured to the door. shown, the extension 10 is pivotally connectedbetween its ends to themember 1, with one or more springs 11 resilientlyconnecting one end with the member or to an equivalent point for thepurpose, while the free end is adapted to engage the member 9, carriedby the movable part. The operation is substantially the same .and theresult precisely the same.

In-the more elaborate and preferred form (shown inFigs. 5 to 9,inclusive) the member 1 comprises a bar 12, telescopically engaging a Alongitudinal slot 14 is formed in The springs 5 5 are at their innerends engaged with the ends of the pin 15. A pair of supplemental springs16 of the pin 15 with a suitable connection near the base of member. Asshown, a transverse in 17 is provided for that purpose. In this form thetwo members are erhaps more readily and easily engaged, whi e at thesame time slight vibration or movements of the door are compensated forby the lesser springs 16 16. When pressure is a plied to t e door toopen it, the bar 12 is pul ed out of the tube 13 until the pin 15reaches the limit of its movement in the slot 14, when continu'edpressure on and movement of the door 'causes the extension 2 to becomedisengaged from the member 9 and the door to become entirely releasedfrom any retainer.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is k 1. Ina device of the kind described, a retaining member arranged totemporarily connect a movable door or the like with a fixed part, incombination with disengaging means carried by said member, means foryieldingly maintainin said members in operative )osi- 'tion, wherebypressure on said door will automatically disengage the same and permitit to 0 en.

2. 1? device of the kind described, comprising a member provided with aresilient latch, in combination with a cooperating part arranged to beloosely en aged by said latch, whereby when one of said members issecured to a comparatively fixed part and the other to a movable partthe two will be resiliently engaged and may be readily disengaged bypressure upon the movable part.

3. In a device of the kind described, a member comprising a bartelescopically arranged within a tube carried by a standard or base andcarrying a latch, in combination with resilient means arranged to retainthe latch in its normal position, substantially as described.

4. Adevice of the kind described, comprising a tube, a bartelescopically carrie by said tube and provided with a latch member, aslot-and-pin connection between the bar and the tube permitting alimited relative longitudinal movement between the two, in combinationwith resilient connections between the latch and the slotin andresilient connections also between sai pin and a point near the rear ofthe tube, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A device of the kind described, comprising the combination of a barprovided with means for attachin the same in position, with a base-piecea apted to be attached in position, rovided with a pivotally-supportedresilient atch member cooperating with said bar and automaticallyreleasable therefrom on. pressure in opposition to said resilient means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

GILBERT B. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

RoY W. HILL, CHARLES I. COBB.

